Mind Candy

3 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 26, 2025 by Michael Acton Smith · said 4 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Calm: Alex Tew and Michael Acton Smith May 26, 2025 · 4 mentions · from 19:05
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May 26, 2025 neutral

Assertion Supported

Mind Candy buried a $200,000 treasure for game Perplex City

“So that's what Perplex City was, and to cut a very, very long story short, we buried a treasure worth 200,000 dollars somewhere in the world, and then we set about releasing clues across all sorts of different media.”

Michael Acton Smith May 26, 2025 ▶ 20:03 Calm: Alex Tew and Michael Acton Smith

May 26, 2025 negative

What-if

Acton Smith: Not selling Mind Candy to Disney was probably a mistake

“When you're an entrepreneur, you do need to think of all the stakeholders and investors and employees. Not selling was probably a mistake in hindsight.”

Michael Acton Smith May 26, 2025 ▶ 32:14 Calm: Alex Tew and Michael Acton Smith

May 26, 2025 negative

Disclosure

Michael Acton Smith: Mind Candy unraveled despite widespread public accolades

“I was on billboards and posters around East London. I was being interviewed on TV shows winning awards left, right, and center, but knowing in the pit of my stomach and at four a.m. That this was unraveling and this was falling apart.”

Michael Acton Smith May 26, 2025 ▶ 33:29 Calm: Alex Tew and Michael Acton Smith

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